Andrew Lloyd Webber
Gearhead, farmer, tax protester: Jeremy Clarkson takes to London streets
Farming’s least likely champion opposes a new tax the Labour government says will help restore public services.
- by Rob Harris
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Gai Waterhouse wants to give Andrew Lloyd Webber another hit
This year’s spring race carnival has brought together the musical theatre impresario and famed horse trainer.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Jane Hume is reunited with her Lycra buddy
Canberra is a small town, as the Coalition senator found when she relived a viral moment at the Midwinter Ball.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
‘I felt I could understand this role’: Sarah Brightman on playing Norma Desmond
The world’s best-selling soprano makes her return to the stage for the first time in 34 years in Sunset Boulevard.
- by Lenny Ann Low
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Did you hear the one about the girl on the bus with a dead squirrel? Sydney Comedy Fest kick off
Our critics give you their verdict on the best shows around town from the Sydney Comedy Festival, singer James Taylor and the latest Hayes Theatre production directed by Blazey Best.
- by Cassie Tongue, James Jennings and Daniel Herborn
Soprano who inspired Christine in the Phantom returns to the stage
After more than 30 years away from musical theatre, Sarah Brightman makes her return in a new production of Sunset Boulevard.
- by Elizabeth Flux
The man who put a new spin on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The director’s breakthrough came while seeing his children in a school production of the show – and he decided to bring that energy to the professional stage.
- by Catherine Lambert
Same-sex couple prompts backlash to Catholic schools’ musical
Sydney Catholic Schools billed its production of School of Rock as taking school musicals to a whole new level. Instead, it has had a flood of complaints.
- by Jordan Baker
The ‘musical of all musicals’ finally premieres at the Sydney Opera House
On Friday, the Phantom will skulk beneath the stage lights of the Opera House for the first time.
- by Angus Dalton
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Workplace culture
At least one-third of Opera Australia employees believe it has bullying problem
An internal survey of staff at Opera Australia found a third of employees believe bullying and harassment is an issue at the company.
- by Andrew Taylor and Nathanael Cooper
‘I’m very restless at the moment’: what’s next for theatre’s $1 billion man?
Andrew Lloyd Webber has built his worldwide musical theatre empire on being fashionably unfashionable, but is still searching for his next hit show.
- by Nick Galvin
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